Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Larvae: April-May, July-August, in the stem.  Adults: May-July, July-October.

Larval foodplants

Compact Rush an other rush species, Common Club-rush, Common Cottongrass,

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was published in Stephens (1834) with the Rev. William Little recording it at “Loch”, which is believed to be Lochwood Moss nearby to Raehills, Dumfriesshire, where he resided, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was found at Needles Eye near Caulkerbush on 20th July 1963 by E. C. Pelham-Clinton, specimen at National Museums Scotland, with the Wigtownshire first being found at Dowalton Marshes SWT on 3rd September 1981 by Sir Arthur Duncan, specimen also at National Museums Scotland.